Let's Build Gonave, Haiti!

First off, sorry for the long delay in between posts.  I have been working with two different organizations, and soon to be three to get a few projects going on La Gonave. You are aware of the Honey Bee Project, but other projects will be farming activities and solar ovens.  The proposal that I am sending over will allow for honey to be available to all residents on the island of La Gonave.  Now the initial capacity of honey production will not allow for this, however as the honey bee network grows, it will be available to all residents on the island for no charge.  The language within the proposal allows for additional growth within the honey production for spin off businesses.  If honey production exceeds local demand, it will then be sold to different locations in Haiti itself. Farming is the next project which as I mentioned will focus on cover crops.  We are excited about this as it will allow for cover crops which can change the landscape of La G...

While I have reported a large amount of what Hurko's plans are, I still want to offer ideas and plans for other areas of Gonave.  I feel that you can make a large amount of movement with a small amount of money.  One way is through farming, and creating your own food. One idea that makes a lot of sense for Gonave is chickens.  Chicken farming covers two areas that would be of interest.  One would be eggs, and the other being meat.  Given the terrain of Gonave, chickens are more suitable, than say a cow. property of seattletimes.com property of en.wikipedia.org property of 1wescott.blogspot.com The above are free range chickens.  As you can see, a large swath of farmland could be used, and fenced off.  Build a shelter, with a ramp for them to go in and out of the elements, and you can easily have a large operation.  Thousands of chickens could be on each farm that would be established on Gonave.  Little land work would be n...